Kim Si-woo finished as runner-up at the first playoff event of the PGA Tour, vowing to seize the opportunity to win at the next tournament.

Kim Shi-woo secured a runner-up finish in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, a play-off qualifier for the PGA Tour, with a score of -9 (271) at the end of the fourth round on the 17th (KST) in Memphis, Tennessee. This marked his third runner-up finish this season, following his joint 2nd place finishes at the Farmers Insurance Open and the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

His achievement pushed him up to 4th place in the FedEx Cup rankings, securing him a spot in the BMW Championship, where the final champion will be decided. Kim expressed his confidence in the post-game interview, acknowledging Scot Scheelhaase's excellent performance but focusing on his own play and finishing strong. He revealed his intention to aim for the championship, even if it means battling for a place among the final 30.

Scheelhaase, the world's top-ranked player, finished 8 strokes behind Kim, earning him the second place with a score of -7 (263). He received a prize of $2.16 million ($30.6 million). Kim's second-place finish put him in third place in the season's cumulative leaderboard, just behind Scheelhaase. The tournament saw a dramatic rise in rankings for Kim Jeong-ja, who finished 5th (273) to move up from 53rd to 40th in the FedEx Cup rankings and join the play-off qualifiers.

Kim Jung-hyun secured 12th place (275) and maintained a ranking of 26th for the play-off qualifiers. Scheelhaase rebounded to the top spot after his victory in the American Express tournament, achieving his second win and a total of 21 victories this season, surpassing Tiger Woods' career record of $1,209,991,166 in total earnings.

Woods' record was narrowly beaten with the cumulative earnings of $1,196,144,411. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy struggled with a poor final round, finishing with a score of +8 (288) and falling to 66th place, missing out on the play-off qualifiers.